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Truck and bus crashes in the US

Crashes of trucks and buses that states report to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (only crashes with an injury, a death or a tow-away).

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TX leads in truck and bus crashes with 13% of the US total; 151,288 people have been killed in these crashes.

Crashes4,230,614
Injured2,642,052
Killed151,288
Vehicle towed away92%
Crashes by year
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
192,870
2025
2026
Deaths by year
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
6,844
2025
2026
Crashes by state
  1. TX 534,257 19%
  2. CA 260,737 9%
  3. PA 230,838 8%
  4. IL 191,608 7%
  5. FL 188,541 7%
  6. NJ 183,941 7%
  7. GA 182,487 6%
  8. NC 179,437 6%
  9. MO 150,944 5%
  10. NY 148,478 5%
  11. IN 133,363 5%
  12. OH 127,936 5%
  13. AL 111,749 4%
  14. MI 96,304 3%
  15. WI 95,570 3%
Truck or bus
  1. Truck 3,866,768 91%
  2. Bus 363,846 9%
Vehicles in the crash
  1. 0 vehicles 5,088 <1%
  2. 1 vehicles 830,145 20%
  3. 2 vehicles 2,705,048 64%
  4. 3 vehicles 453,180 11%
  5. 4 vehicles 110,712 3%
  6. 5 vehicles 33,821 <1%
  7. 6 or more vehicles 92,815 2%

Source: FMCSA Motor Carrier Management Information System, crash file. · Updated: Nov 10, 2026

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